Jobs and studentships

This studentship presents a unique opportunity to complete a PhD in Social and Cultural History in the School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies and develop highly transferable skills by working within a university environment. Applications are welcomed for projects orientated around any one of the following broad themes, to be refined with candidates prior to application during informal contacts:

The CIDEHUS (Interdisciplinary Center of History, Cultures and Societies of University of Évora) is opening the call for 1 research fellowship (starting Grant, "Bolsa de Cientista Convidado") in the field of Library and Information Science / Digital Humanities and 3 post-doctoral research fellowships in the areas of Anthropology and Cultural Heritage, Heritage / Digital Humanities / Cultural Tourism and Agrarian History, within the framework of UID/HIS/00057/2013 Project, with financial support from FCT/MEC (through national funds, eventually co-financed by FEDER (PT2020 Partnership agreeme

At Leicester we’re going places. As a leading University in Britain our aim is to climb further. A commitment to high quality fused with an inclusive academic culture is our hallmark and led the Times Higher Education to describe us as “elite without being elitist”.

The Friendly Hand Charitable Trust, in conjunction with RHUL History, is pleased to offer a PhD scholarship for three years starting in September 2015, for research relating to the history of the Christian religion (broadly construed) in post-1800 Europe. The scholarship will cover academic fees (3 years at Home/EU rates) and a maintenance award set at RCUK Humanities PhD level (for 2015-16 c. £15,863 inclusive of London weighting).